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Øvre Stabu spearhead

Iron spearhead · Østre Toten, Norway · c. 160–260 CE

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A corroded iron spearhead lying on a white background above a ruler marked in centimetres.
The Øvre Stabu spearhead, photographed with a centimetre scale.Eirik Irgens Johnsen, Museum of Cultural History (Kulturhistorisk museum) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Unimus (museum database)

Read it rune by rune

Rune 1 of 8

r raidō

raunija(z)

Shown left to right in reading order, in the standard rune shapes used on this site. On the object, the shapes, spacing, and direction can differ. Dashed runes are damaged or uncertain. Text: Rundata: N KJ31 (Øvre Stabu spearhead)

What it says

Raunijaz

"Tester"

Rundata: N KJ31 (Øvre Stabu spearhead)

The object

Object
Iron spearhead Rundata: N KJ31 (Øvre Stabu spearhead)
Found
Øvre Stabu, Østre Toten, Norway Rundata: N KJ31 (Øvre Stabu spearhead)
Date
160–250/260 CE Rundata: N KJ31 (Øvre Stabu spearhead)
Kept at
Oldsaksamlingen (C17770) Rundata: N KJ31 (Øvre Stabu spearhead)

Reading it

  • The spearhead reads raunijaz. The last rune, z, is damaged or uncertain, so it is shown in parentheses.

    Rundata: N KJ31 (Øvre Stabu spearhead)

  • Raunijaz is read as a name meaning "tester."

    Rundata: N KJ31 (Øvre Stabu spearhead)